Axis defensive operations against Allied forces during the Italian campaign of World War 2. German Air Force Junkers Ju-52 transport planes take off from their base in Messina, Sicily, carrying members of their 1st Parachute Division to bolster defenses against the Allies who have begun amphibious landings in the South, during Operation Husky. A Closeup aerial view in a formation of Ju-52s flying low over water. Glimpse of German paratroopers inside one of the planes. View from below of paratroopers jumping from their planes, and their chutes descending over hilly terrain. But they are seen landing in fields, as the formation of transport planes flies away overhead. View from the ground of German Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1 aircraft dropping paratroopers, whose chutes are seen descending and landing in hilly terrain. Military equipment being dropped by parachute. The German paratroops gathering up their gear and heading to join their comrades. One is seen sipping fresh water from a mountain stream. View from the German positions of British and American positions being shelled by German artillery. German parachute infantry moving through sandy areas and underbrush. View from inside a German bunker. German artilleryman directing fire from a heavy field gun. German artillery putting up strong defense near Mt. Etna. British soldiers taken prisoners of war. German gunners, some stripped to the waist, firing heavy guns against British and American troops.
Animated map of Eastern front locates Orel, Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov in Russia. German military vehicles, including Marder III tank destroyers, successfully retreat from during World War 2.. People on street. Troops advance on a field. A soldier observes through binoculars. Germans attack Russian positions on front with dive bombers ("Ju87-Sturzkampfbomber"), rockets ("Nebelwerfer") and Tiger-I tank of s.Pz.Abt.503. Artillery fired. Germans advance through burning Russian village. Damaged Russian T34 and Lend-Lease Stuart tanks on field. Russian prisoners stand in lines. (World War II period).
U.S. Army paratroopers enter U.S. military transport C-47 preparing for a drop during World War II. Paratroopers in a line enter the aircraft. Interior view of the C-47 aircraft as the soldiers enter. Close up of two paratroopers talking to each other. Paratroopers in the plane readying for takeoff. Another aircraft in the background. Close up of the face of an American paratrooper in the aircraft seated and ready for takeoff.
United States soldiers carry 37 mm antitank guns and load it into a glider. Several soldiers enter the glider while loading. A soldier drives a jeep and loads it into a glider. Other soldiers stand near the glider. Aerial view of the ground. C-47 transport aircraft and towing cable in view. (World War II period).
Several United States aircraft C-47 in flight to Sicily, Italy. Military transport C-47 aircraft in formation over water. Squadron of C-47 flies to Sicily for the Allied Invasion in World War II. Aerial view of land and beach below.
Several United States Douglas C-47 Skytrain stand in a row on ground. U.S. troops 82nd Airborne Division loading jeep into C-47 aircraft. A man sits on the Jeep as it is being loaded at an airbase in Italy (World War II).
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